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Climate-change media alliance tackles information vacuum in developing nations
News, 21 January 2008
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Urban social movements, poverty reduction and social justice
… countries and their wider networks. In this way, they can help bring about change for the urban poor. …
Publication, 01 March 2014
A group of young women protestors with placards, one reading "Your profits can't buy another planet"
Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the sustainability rule book, and now
Insight, 08 December 2019
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The role of voluntary sustainability standards in scaling up sustainability in smallholder-dominated agricultural sectors
… Concerns about the sustainability of commodity production have increased rapidly …
Publication, 01 April 2015
Bimbo Osobe and Samuel Akinrolabu, members of the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation, lead a march of residents of Lagos waterfront communities threatened with eviction, to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's office to demand open dialogue with the government on alternatives to evictions of the urban poor (Photo: Andrew Maki)
Is this too easy?
… Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) to talk about "Harnessing the potential of urbanisation in LDCs". Professional … people living in informal settlements? Diana Mitlin (diana.mitlin@iied.org) is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group. …
Insight, 26 October 2016
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Contribution of Participatory Budgeting to provision and management of basic services: Municipal practices and evidence from the field
… and citizens whilst noting that in most cases PB is in effect about improving governance and delivery of services without …
Publication, 01 September 2014
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What's the catch? Lessons from and prospects for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification in developing countries
… to the global economy, livelihoods and food security, contributing about US$274 billion to global gross domestic product per annum. Fishing …
Publication, 01 June 2015
European visa obstacles exclude many from UN climate talks
… Although, as head of the delegation, I have been receiving e-mails about what is happening in Poznan from the summit secretariat, this is … also had visa problems. The CCMP was set up by Internews, Panos and IIED to help bridge the information divide that arises from so few … at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). "The absence of media, NGO and government representatives from …
News, 11 December 2008
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Large-scale land deals in Ethiopia: Scale, trends, features and outcomes to date
… debate on large-scale land acquisitions. It challenges assumptions about foreign dominance of land investment, or that large-scale land …
Publication, 01 March 2014
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Change-making by urban poor communities
… This Brief is about how the Homeless People’s Federation Philippines developed a …
Publication, 01 October 2012